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Kyrgyz in China
 Depiction of the Kyrgyz on a poster near the Niujie Mosque in Beijing (fourth from the left) | |
| Total population | |
| 204,402 (2020) | |
| Languages | |
| Kyrgyz, Chinese | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam, Tibetan Buddhism, atheism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kazakhs in China, Uzbeks in China |
| Kyrgyz | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 柯尔克孜族 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 柯爾克孜族 | ||||||
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| Dunganese name | |||||||
| Dungan | Хырхыззў | ||||||
| Kyrgyz name | |||||||
| Kyrgyz | جۇڭعو قىرعىزدارى Кытай кыргыздары Kytai kyrgyzdary [qɤ̆ˈtʰáɪ qɤɾʁɤ́staɾɤ́] | ||||||
The Kyrgyz are a Turkic ethnic group and one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Mainly distributed in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, in the southwest of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, a few Kyrgyz communities reside in neighboring Uqturpan, Aksu, Yarkant, Yengisar, Taxkorgan and Pishan. According to the fifth national census of the People's Republic of China conducted in 2000, there are 160,875 Kyrgyz people in China.[1][2][3]
- ^ "The Kyrgyz – Children of Manas. Кыргыздар – Манастын балдары". Petr Kokaisl, Pavla Kokaislova (2009). pp.173–191. ISBN 80-254-6365-6
- ^ "柯尔克孜族". 中华人民共和国中央人民政府. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ 中华人民共和国国家统计局：2000年第五次人口普查数据
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